Why Climate Change Denial Is Just Hot Air

Philip Plait at The Amazing Meeting on January...
Philip Plait at The Amazing Meeting on January 20, 2007 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Phil Plait, slate.com

I was thinking of writing a lengthy post about climate change denial being completely unscientific nonsense, but then geochemist and National Science Board member James Lawrence Powell wrote a post that is basically a slam-dunk of debunking. His…

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Why Climate Change Denial Is Just Hot Air

How to describe environmental science to conservatives

Concept Of “Purity” Makes Conservatives Care About Environmental Issues
By Rebecca Boyle, popsci.com

Re-framing environmental rhetoric so it appeals to conservatives can really work, a study finds.

It’s not that polit­i­cal con­ser­v­a­tives don’t care about things like cli­mate change, recy­cling and deforestation—it’s that they don’t care ab…

RT @PopSci: Pro tip: Framing environmental issues in terms of Earth’s “purity” or “sanctity” can coax conservatives to care: http://flip.it/QvXnM http://flip.it/8dF6c

Climate change caught in action in iceberg destruction

Behold: The Largest Iceberg Breakup Ever Caught on Film
Eric Liu, theatlantic.com

The effects of climate change, in one gorgeous, terrifying video

So, wow. Wow­wow­wow. A group of film­mak­ers, mak­ing a movie called, aptly, Chas­ing Ice, have cap­tured what they claim to be the largest ice­berg calv­ing ever filmed.…

RT @megangarber: This is *literally* awesome: the largest iceberg breakup ever caught on film http://flip.it/ku7Gx http://flip.it/d2dKe

Blame Wimpy for Slow U.S. Response to Climate Change

Wimpy (restaurant)
Wimpy (restaurant) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

By Eric Roston, bloomberg.com

In the halt­ing, mea­sured lan­guage we’ve come to expect from his impromp­tu pub­lic remarks, Pres­i­dent Obama posed a core dilem­ma of cli­mate change yes­ter­day at his first post-election press con­fer­ence. Explain­ing the pos­si­ble…

Blame Wimpy for Slow U.S. Response to Climate Change

Green peace analyzes clothing brand safety

Greenpeace Exposes Toxic Chemicals in Zara, Other Fast-Fashion Brands
ecouterre.com

How toxic are your threads? If you’re a fan of cheap, dis­pos­able fash­ion, the answer isn’t one you’re going to like. A new inves­ti­ga­tion com­mis­sioned by Green­peace found residues of hormone-disrupting and cancer-causing chem­i­cals in…

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The best water filter for field use

Berkey Water Filters Provide Clean, Fresh Drinking Water At Home and In Disaster Relief | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
Mark Boyer says:, inhabitat.com

With bot­tled water and potable tap water both so read­i­ly avail­able in devel­oped coun­tries, it’s easy to take clean drink­ing water for grant­ed. But when nat­ur­al dis­as­ters strike, one of the first things to sell out on store shelves is…

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Hurricane Sandy: another climate wake up call

Sandy Raises Questions About Climate And The Future
Fresh Air from WHYY, npr.org

Sandy Raises Questions About Climate And The Future Fresh Air from WHYY

If you ask cli­mate sci­en­tist Radley Hor­ton, it’s dif­fi­cult to say that Hur­ri­cane Sandy was direct­ly caused by cli­mate change, but he sees strong con­nec­tions betw…

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Scott Bernstein: move to the city and start walking

Stop climate change: Move to the city, start walking
By Jeff Speck, salon.com

Climate change is helped along by suburban driving culture. We need to embrace cities — and walking

In 2001, Scott Bern­stein, at the Cen­ter for Neigh­bor­hood Tech­nol­o­gy in inner-city Chica­go, pro­duced a set of maps that are still chang­…

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Cleantech Experts On Romney’s Energy Plan

Wal Mart
Wal Mart (Photo credit: toweliedell)

Cleantech Experts On Romney’s Energy Plan: ‘A Political Document Not Worth Serious Analysis’


By Climate Guest Blogger on Aug 30, 2012 at 12:21 pm, thinkprogress.org

by Wal­ter Frick, via BostIn­no

The cen­tral ener­gy chal­lenge we face as a nation and a plan­et is the tran­si­tion away from fos­sil fuels, which con­tribute to cli­mate change, to clean sources of ener­gy. The most impor­tant debates …

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BU Executive Leadership Center: Leading Clean Energy Ventures

English: Citizens for Clean Energy Logo
English: Citizens for Clean Energy Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Nice new center that will work to build clean energy ventures.

Executive Leadership Center: Leading Clean Energy Ventures.

Eat Wild Massachusetts

Massachusetts Population Density Map
Massachusetts Population Density Map (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Excellent site for those interested in sustainable foods.

Eat Wild – Massachusetts